“As the Kuwaitis work to modernize their military, Ankara eyes the lion’s share of Kuwait’s defense procurements,” analyst Ali Bakir told Breaking Defense. “Turkey is willing to offer a range of its modern, cost-effective and highly capable weapons…”

Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., says defense primes need more clarity about what happens to their programs if Boeing buys Spirit.

Despite all three US V-22 variants flying, they remain under safety restrictions, according to service acquisition officials.

“So this is kind of walking us back towards this model that we had during the Cold War, where we know each other, we train together, we’re building the team in peacetime and in preparation for deployment,” a senior Air Force official said.

“We’re working towards that end, and we have some solutions that I can’t go into, but we are going to get after finding more cost-effective ways to address those lower-end threats,” said Rear Adm. Fred Pyle, director of surface warfare at the US Navy.